Brock Tucker
Brock Tucker, 19, died in his cell at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah, in October 2014, two months before a scheduled parole board appearance. His family describes him as having a diminished IQ and a life marked by abuse, and a note found in his cell asked that love be sent to his family. His estate, through attorney Rocky Anderson, sued the Utah Department of Corrections, saying he was held in prolonged isolation and that staff were deliberately indifferent to his brain damage and mental illness. The lawsuit says his death was a suicide. The department said it does not comment on litigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The estate's civil lawsuit says Tucker died by suicide after staff ignored his brain damage and mental illness while holding him in prolonged isolation, and the department declined to comment on the litigation.
Reported by: Tucker's estate, through attorney Rocky Anderson, in a civil lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Utah Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).
Lawsuit: His estate sued the Utah Department of Corrections, alleging he was held in prolonged isolation and that staff were deliberately indifferent to his brain damage and mental illness, and the department declined to comment on the litigation.